# waze-stuff: mapping Waze tile formats

> waze-stuff investigates Waze map-tile files through hex patterns and Python, TypeScript and C code for parsing and partial tile generation. It documents WZM/MAP_PKG, WZDF and WZT structures, including geometry, street labels and tile coordinates.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/michei69/waze-stuff>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/michei69/waze-stuff/blob/e2111a0c66b15e3832bbbf8742477f16473862c7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/waze-stuff-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/waze-stuff-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/waze-stuff-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Waze tile files are the analysis input; GeoJSON is used by the documented tile-generation workflow.
- **Limits:** Tile creation and some WZT fields are partial; alert, search and route server handling remains unfinished.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/michei69/waze-stuff/blob/e2111a0c66b15e3832bbbf8742477f16473862c7/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/michei69/waze-stuff/blob/e2111a0c66b15e3832bbbf8742477f16473862c7/lib/README.md>

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